1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: tip is to make a little extra on Sundays. By 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: overcooking on Sunday, you can make the beginning of the 5 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 1: week a little easier. So longtime listeners know that I 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: am not a huge fan of elaborate meal prepping. When 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: I first started writing about women and work in life, 8 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: I quickly realized that some working mothers had absorbed the 9 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: message from somewhere that they needed to spend their entire 10 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: weekends preparing for the week ahead. Sunday would be devoted 11 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: to making meals for the upcoming week so they could 12 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: be pulled out of the freezer on weeknights and served. 13 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: The problem, of course, is that it still takes some 14 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: time to thaw and reheat complicated dishes. People who did 15 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: this often had a tendency to then decide to make 16 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: side dishes for those pre made meals. All of a sudden, 17 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: they are cooking all day Sunday and during the week 18 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: as well. That is a lot less time available for 19 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: relaxing or hanging out with family members. Given that I 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: have found that most men who are not, say, training 21 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: for a bodybuilding competition, just don't tend to do this. 22 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: I tend to think that maybe there is another way. 23 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: Maybe we can just make simple meals during the week 24 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,639 Speaker 1: that take twenty minutes or so and leave Sundays open. 25 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: But if you are eating Sunday dinner, meaning that someone 26 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: is going to have to cook something, then I think 27 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: there is an argument for making a little bit more 28 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: than you would have in order to have a little 29 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: extra to cover at least some parts of meals during 30 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: the week. For instance, we sometimes like to grill on 31 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: the weekends. If we are grilling one steak, it is 32 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: just as easy to grill two or three steaks. Now, 33 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: the second batch of protein can become fajitas on Monday, 34 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: or be mixed with a jar of sauce from the 35 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: Asian isle at the supermarket and served with rice on Tuesday. 36 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: Those dinners wind up being quite quick and no extra 37 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: time was added to any one's Sunday labors. Or maybe 38 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: you could decide to have soup for dinner on Sundays 39 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: since people are around and so it can simmer during 40 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: the afternoon. That sounds like a lovely winter tradition. If 41 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: you are doing that, just get a stock pot that 42 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,839 Speaker 1: is twice as big, double what you would have made. 43 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: Now you have dinner on Sunday and you have something 44 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: you can take to work for lunch for the next 45 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: three days. Or perhaps you could decide that Tuesday will 46 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: be soup night as well. Why not? Soup is tasty. 47 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: I would eat the same things multiple nights per week. 48 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: Some people will make a big batch of grains on Sunday. Again, 49 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: if you are already boiling the water for that farrow 50 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: for your Sunday meal, it doesn't take extra time to 51 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: make a bigger batch. Then you put it in the 52 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: fridge and can mix that with frozen veggies, heat it 53 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: up some other night for a very simple side. Add 54 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: a retisserie chicken that someone grabbed at the supermarket on 55 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: the way home from work, and all of a sudden 56 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: you have got a very easy, very tasty, and pretty 57 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: balanced meal. There is really no point in taking extra 58 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: time to cook on Sundays. For the week you will 59 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: probably eat one way or another. You might be better 60 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: off enjoying some time away from the chores. But if 61 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: you are already in the kitchen, making a little extra 62 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: tends to involve very little extra time. If that would 63 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: make meals easier during the week, it is probably worth 64 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: the bother. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, 65 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks 66 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, 67 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura 68 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: vandercam dot com. 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